“Given our expectation of the next El Nino beginning in 2009 or 2010,…”

has to be taken with a grain of salt, based on his track record:

April 2006:
One of the country’s leading climate scientists says there is “a good chance” for a “super El Niño” next winter, a powerful warming in the Pacific Ocean linked to wet winters in the Southwest.
In a draft paper circulated to colleagues, NASA climate researcher James Hansen blames global warming for increasing the chance of extreme El Niños.

http://ff.org/centers/csspp/library/co2weekly/20060414_02/20060414_05.html

That one was a bust

Anne